diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2268aa4f9c4b4b724ef10256242dcf1af02a6b23..8a75d2f4e6aec316c1854d4a1735209eb3f004f5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ version 1.0 -- UNRELEASED
 	 . Don't attempt to dump performance_schema database (Redmine#3741).
 	pgsql:
 	 . Don't produce empty uncompressed backups (Redmine#3820).
+	rdiff-backup:
+	 . Use fatal function to report failure of rdiff-backup jobs as such.
 	rysnc:
 	 . Fix numericids option (Redmine#3691).
 	 . Mangle $rsync_options just afterwards (Redmine#3702).
diff --git a/handlers/rdiff.in b/handlers/rdiff.in
index c2f5aa0fbe8e9d6c56d0d543a70476d19b352f88..c3c8d1d5c84b0be3f10236281d6c59e4ca251d4e 100644
--- a/handlers/rdiff.in
+++ b/handlers/rdiff.in
@@ -271,8 +271,8 @@ if [ $test = 0 ]; then
       debug $output
       info "Successfully finished backing up source $label"
    else
-      warning $output
-      warning "Failed backup up source $label"
+      error $output
+      fatal "Failed backup up source $label"
    fi
 fi